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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2025
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 2129
Verlag: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
Mental health and wellbeing are unequally distributed in high-income countries, disadvantaging low-income individuals. Unconditional, regular, and guaranteed cash transfers may help address this inequality by promoting financial security and agency. We conducted a preregistered RCT in Germany, where treated participants received monthly payments of EUR 1,200 for three years. Cash transfers improve mental health and wellbeing. These effects are substantively large and robust. Cash transfers also improve perceived autonomy, savings, prosocial giving, time with friends, and sleep. Our findings suggest that cash transfers improve mental health and wellbeing if they empower agency and meaningful life changes.
Schlagwörter: 
Basic Income
Mental health
RCT
Purpose in Life
Life Satisfaction
JEL: 
C93
I31
D10
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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